Cage Warriors 58 adds four new bouts, including 2013's first heavyweight fight

Next month’s Cage Warriors 58 card has four new additions, including the organization’s first heavyweight fight of 2013.

Officials today announced the quartet of fights, which take place Aug. 24 at Olympisk Arena in Grozny, Chechnya. The main card streams on MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) following prelims on Facebook.

The heavyweight contest pits Michal Andryszak (9-3), a 21-year-old Polish prospect who has nine stoppages (eight in the first round) in nine career wins, vs. Ion Cutelaba (4-0), an undefeated Moldovan who’s finished three of four opponents in less than a minute each.

Additionally, Eldar Eldarov (4-1), a promotional newcomer from Russia whose only career loss came to fast-rising UFC contender Khabib Nurmagomedov, meets fellow welterweight Matt Inman (11-5), an English fighter and three-time Cage Warriors vet who looks for his third straight win.

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